Shade-bracket



A. ZEBROWSKI.

SHADE BRACKET.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 9. I921.

1 389,4 1 5 Patented Aug. 30, 192 1.

UNITED" STATES PATENT, orries.

ALEXANDER ZEBROWSKI, or STAMFORD, CONNECTICUT.

SHADE-BRACKET.

able to support shades of different widths,

whereby to eliminate the necessity of changing the bracket and consequently disfiguring the window frame each time a change of shades is effected, and it consists in certain novel features of construction and relative association of parts permitting such adjustment with ease and facility and operating automatically to retain said adjustment.

My inventive idea is capable of embodiment in various mechanical structures, one of which is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, but it is to be understood that the structure shown is merely intended as a disclosure of the essential features of my invention in a preferred form and that its scope is as defined in and by the appended claims.

'In the drawings, wherein like characters of reference denote corresponding parts in the different views Figure 1 is a front elevation of a shade bracket constructed in accordance with my invention 1 Fig. 2, a horizontal section taken centrally through the bracket;

Fig. 3, a rear elevation; and

Fig. 4, a transverse section on the line 1- 1 of Fig. 1.

Referring now to the drawings in detail it will be observed that my improved shade bracket consists essentially of a base plate 10 which is preferably of elongated rectangular shape and provided on its rear face with a marginal flange 11 whereby said rear face is disposed in spaced relation to the window frame or other structure to which the bracket is secured. An elongated opening 12 is formed centrally in said base plate and opposite side walls forming this opening are relatively divergently beveled from front to rear (see Fig. 4) and provided with spaced notches 13 which open through the outer face of the base plate and extend into said side wall any desired depth. Apertures 1 1 are provided in the base plate for the recep- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug; 30, 1921.

. Application filed February 9, 1921. Serial No. 443,735.

, tion of screws or other elements for securing the bracket to the window casing.

The shadehanger element-or adjustable portion ofthe bracket consists of a" foot 15 slidably arranged in the depression in the rear of the base plate formed by the marginal flange 11, said foot including a shade supporting arm 16 extending at preferably right angles to said foot and through the opening 12 and provided with portions 17 which straddle said opening and engage the outer face of the base plate to retain the foot in its depression, and at the same time permit free and easy sliding thereof. Spaced from the foot 15 and secured thereto in any preferred manner is an inherently resilient member 18 including arms 19 which straddle the opening 12 and bear against the outer face of the base plate to cooperate with the portions 17 in retaining the foot in its depression. One end 20 of member 18 is free and bent inwardly, and is so shaped that,

due to the beveled side walls of the opening 12, opposite edges thereof will engage with or disengage from predetermined notches 13 when said free end of the member is moved either outwardly or inwardly as the case may be, as respectively shown in Figs. 2 and 4. The inherent resiliency of member 18 tends to move the free end 20 constantly outward and as a result opposite edges of said free end are normally maintained in engagement with a pair of notches 13 and the shade hanger element thus held normally and automatically against sliding movement or adjustment. By pressing inwardly on the free end 20, however, its disengagement from the notches is effected and the shade hanger element is free to be moved longitudinally of the base plate to any desired adjusted position with respect thereto.

I claim I l. A shade bracket comprising a base plate having an opening formed therein, op-

divergently beveled from front to rear of the plate, said side walls being provided with spaced notches, and a shade hanger element slidably associated with said base plate and including a member engageable with certain of said notches whereby the element is prevented from sliding and dis-' engageable from said notches by movement into a wider portion of said opening to permit sliding of the member.

3. A shade bracket comprising a base plate having an opening formed therein, opposite side walls of said openingvbeing relatively divergently beveled from front to rear of the plate, said side walls being provided with spaced notches, and. a shade hanger element slidably associated with said base plate and including an inherently resilient-member normally engaging certain of said notches whereby the element is prevented from sliding and disengageable from said notches by pressure thereon.

4. A shade bracket comprising a base plate having an opening formed therein, opposite side walls of said opening being relatively divergently beveled from front to rear of the plate, said side walls being provided with spaced notches; a shade hanger element slidably associated with said base plate and including a foot disposed in a recess in the rear face of the base plate, an inherently resilient member secured to said foot in spaced relation thereto, a portion of said member straddling said opening and slidably engaging the outer 'face of said base plate, another portion of said member being bent to normally engage and be disengageable from said notches and means on said element also straddling said opening and cooperating with the first mentioned portion of said member to slidably retain said foot in its recess.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature.

ALEXANDER ZEBROWVSKI. 

